医学
溃疡性结肠炎
腹痛
炎症性肠病
内科学
克罗恩病
肠易激综合征
主题分析
疾病
胃肠病学
物理疗法
定性研究
社会科学
社会学
作者
Vipul Jairath,Theresa Hunter,Alison Potts Bleakman,Kaitlin Chatterton,Paolo Medrano,Megan McLafferty,Brittany Klooster,Sonal Saxena,R Moses
出处
期刊:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
[Oxford University Press]
日期:2024-03-21
摘要
Bowel urgency is bothersome in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) and impacts their well-being but remains underappreciated in clinical trials and during patient-healthcare provider interactions. This study explored the experiences of bowel urgency and bowel urgency-related accidents to identify the concepts most relevant and important to patients.Adults with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe UC or CD for ≥6 months and experience of bowel urgency in the past 6 months were included. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted via telephonic/Web-enabled teleconference. Interview transcripts were coded and analyzed in ATLAS.ti 9 using a systematic thematic analysis.In total, 30 participants with UC or CD (n = 15 each) (mean age 52 and 50 years, respectively) participated in the interviews. The majority of participants were receiving biologic and/or conventional therapy (80% and 87%, respectively). Most participants with UC (87%) and all with CD experienced bowel urgency-related accidents. The most frequently reported symptoms co-occurring with bowel urgency were abdominal pain, fatigue, and abdominal cramping. Abdominal pain and abdominal cramping were the most bothersome co-occurring symptoms of bowel urgency and bowel urgency-related accidents. In both groups, participants reported decreased frequency of bowel urgency and not wanting to experience bowel urgency-related accidents at all as a meaningful improvement.Participants with UC or CD expressed bowel urgency and bowel urgency-related accidents to be bothersome and impactful on their daily lives despite use of biologic and/or conventional therapy. These findings underscore the need for development of patient-reported outcome measures to assess bowel urgency in clinical settings.Bowel urgency and bowel urgency-related accidents are accompanied by several bothersome symptoms and considerably impact patients’ quality of life, highlighting the need to develop a patient-reported outcome measure for assessing and addressing bowel urgency in clinical settings.
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